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Women rush across the street after shelling in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Aug. 27, 2014.

A local man looks on as Ukrainian servicemen pass nearby in the eastern town of Dzerzhinsk, near Donetsk, Aug. 28, 2014.

An armored truck with Ukrainian forces guards a checkpoint in the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Aug. 28, 2014.

A Pro-Russian rebel passes by a car which was hit by shrapnel from a shell in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Aug. 27, 2014.

A police officer tries to prevent activists and relatives of Ukrainian soldiers from getting into the defense ministry building during a protest, in Kyiv, Aug. 28, 2014.

Public activists and relatives of soldiers who say the soldiers are surrounded by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, try to get into the defense ministry building during a protest, in Kyiv, Aug. 28, 2014.

Public activists and relatives of soldiers hold a banner which says stop giving away the Ukraine, in Kyiv, Aug. 28, 2014.

Ukraine Fears Invasion by Russia’s Military

Published August 28, 2014

The Obama administration accused Russia on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 of orchestrating a new military campaign in Ukraine, helping rebel forces expand their fight in the country's east and sending tanks, rocket launchers and armored vehicles toward communities elsewhere.